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Tag: obesity

  • Obesity: facing the big dog in the room

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    Obesity is a huge welfare problem that is rapidly increasing. We all know this. That owners with obese animals are guilty of neglect is obvious[1.yes, rarely there can be endocrine or metabolic problems], as is the state of their animals, and they don’t need a vet to bring this up in a consult – all…

  • Manipulated by those big brown eyes

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    “I want to be the person my dogs think I am.” That quote (I’m afraid I don’t know who said it) makes me smile whenever I am greeted like a long-lost friend after work. At least partly it explains why we treat them the way we do. But I find myself acting “like a typical…